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EventLog EVTX File Deleted — Sigma Rule

Sigma rule 63c779ba-f638-40a0-a593-ddd45e8b1ddc. EventLog EVTX File Deleted — Sigma Rule. Detects the deletion of the event log files which may indicate an attempt to destroy forensic evidence

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems). Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2023-02-15 / not supplied.

{
  "category": "file_delete",
  "product": "windows"
}

Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1

Source SHA-256: f5a8b6453d558f0968f694f2c8b90a609eab803abc328420d8afc6835346bd5c

Detection logic

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title: EventLog EVTX File Deleted
id: 63c779ba-f638-40a0-a593-ddd45e8b1ddc
status: test
description: Detects the deletion of the event log files which may indicate an attempt to destroy forensic evidence
references:
    - Internal Research
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2023-02-15
tags:
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1070
logsource:
    category: file_delete
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetFilename|startswith: 'C:\Windows\System32\winevt\Logs\'
        TargetFilename|endswith: '.evtx'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium

Original YAML and metadata in JSON

False positives

  • Unknown

Source references

  • Internal Research (source note; no public URL supplied)

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Pinned research references. No browser attack runner, live simulation result or validated detector is asserted. Source mappings and validation limits are preserved. ATT&CK / Atomic provenance · Detection provenance.